At the very least 22 parcels totaling greater than 100 acres in and round Whispering Pines space inside Joshua Tree Nationwide Park have modified arms since 2021, spurring considerations amongst neighbors over potential growth. Right here’s what public data and different sources reveal in regards to the homeowners, who’ve declined to debate their plans for the properties:
— Two parcels have been bought by Peter Nawara of Greenwich, CT, a former worker of actual property funding firm Starwood Capital Group, and managing associate of Darkhorse Tactical Investments of Greenwich.
— One parcel was purchased by Darkhorse associate John Woodruff and one by associate Saheer Mathrani.
— One parcel was purchased by Sahil Abbi, co-founder of an organization referred to as Wetstone that describes itself as a growth platform for the seafloor minerals worth chain. Abbi and Mathrani have been beforehand companions in Gasp, a New York-based inventive studio and incubator.
The remaining tons have been bought by 17 separate Delaware-based restricted legal responsibility firms (LLCs) with hyperlinks to Darkhorse companions, members of the family or enterprise associates. Of those:
— Seven of the LLCs listing a mailing handle of a Greenwich, Conn., property owned by Nawara, his spouse and an LLC. Actual property listings present this as a six-bedroom, 8,540-square foot property in a gated neighborhood on the border of Greenwich and Armonk, N.Y.
— Two of the LLCs that supplied Nawara’s handle to the assessor have been till 2022 managed by Sophia Kanavos, based on enterprise switch data.
— Two different LLCs that supplied Nawara’s handle to the assessor filed deeds of belief that have been signed by John R. Ceriale on behalf of the LLCs.
— Three LLCs listing as their handle a house in Greenwich, Conn., that was previously owned by Woodruff and his then-wife, who offered the property for greater than $3.9 million in 2023.
— Two LLCs supplied the handle of a penthouse rental in Brooklyn that’s owned by yet one more LLC, however which Mathrani additionally supplied as his mailing handle when he bought a Whispering Pines property in his identify.
— One LLC supplied a mailing handle of a residence on the 4 Seasons Surf Membership in Surfside, Fla., that was beforehand owned by former WeWork CEO Sandeep Mathrani, who offered the residence for $21 million in 2023. Sandeep Mathrani additionally in 2023 signed a county Land Use Companies Division doc stating he owned the property bought by the LLC.
— 4 LLCs supplied a mailing handle of a penthouse rental contained in the Miami Seashore Version Lodge that’s owned by Richard Pesin. Pesin was president and COO of Fort Level LLC, a Miami firm managed by Sandeep Mathrani that he dissolved in October 2024.
— One of many LLCs that supplied Pesin’s handle to the assessor lists a distinct handle on the deed — a Chicago residence owned by Liz Holland, CEO and normal counsel of Abbell Associates, a non-public actual property firm that primarily redevelops purchasing facilities.
In 2023, Holland signed a county Land Use Companies Division doc stating she owned the property bought by the LLC. Holland previously served with Sandeep Mathrani on the board of the Worldwide Council of Purchasing Facilities and was additionally a registered agent of Fort Level LLC, public data state. She didn’t return a name in search of remark.
